SISCO’s subsidiary begins redevelopment of Jeddah Port’s northern part

Red Sea Gateway Terminal Limited (RSGT), a 60.6%-owned subsidiary of Saudi Industrial Services Co. (SISCO), officially commenced redevelopment operations at the northern part of Jeddah Islamic Port (JIP).

The operations include upgrading and consolidating the adjacent container terminal with RSGT’s existing terminal, SISCO said in a bourse filing.    

The new facility will have 11 berths and 24 ship-to-shore (STS) cranes and a capacity of 5.2 million Twenty Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) by 2023, it added.

For the first phase, RSGT is required to initially invest SAR 1 billion to consolidate and develop the infrastructure of the new terminal over the coming 3 years, expecting it to be complete by 2023.

According to data compiled by Argaam, RSGT signed a 30-year concession build, operate, and transfer (BOT) contract valued at SAR 6.6 billion with Saudi Port Authority (Mawani) to develop and operate JIP.

The company also signed, on March 30, an Islamic finance agreement worth SAR 1.54 billion with Banque Saudi Fransi and Al Rajhi Bank for extending the outstanding Ijara facilities to finance the redevelopment.